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Pueblo Hires First Female Fire Chief

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Women make up only seven percent of all firefighters and about half of paid fire departments have never even hired a female firefighter. When Barbara Huber joined the Pueblo fire department two decades ago, she was one of two women there. Now there are eight. This week, she became the first woman to take over as the chief of the Pueblo Fire Department.